Higher liquor tax considered to fund defense program
Election-year levy unpopular as voters face a proposal to raise liquor taxes to finance defense outlays. Editorial note marks opinion as columnist view. Western Newspaper Union release.
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Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1940
Page
1
Congress Budget Blues and the Budget Battle
Congress wrestles with Franklin Roosevelt's budget, choosing between a deficit near 1.7 billion or about 3 billion, while defense spending soars. Tax hikes and debt limits loom as party leaders seek time, with antilynching bills and Taft plans shaping the election year debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin ‘Roosevelt
Congress
Mississippi
Pat Harrison
Senate Finance
Balkans squabbles and Soviet tensions widen before 1940
Rumors of Bulgarian Russia pact threaten Romania over Bessarabia while Hungary and Romania press for immediate revision. Mussolini promotes Balkan unity to block Soviet advance. In China Wang Ching-wei is named to lead a puppet regime as Japan expands control. In London Chamberlain reshuffles, Hore Belisha ousted for Stanley, fueling public furor. Finland strikes at Soviet rail links, central fronts see limited fighting with a stalemate in the north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rumania
Bucharest
Bulgaria
Russia
Bessarabia
Carol
Hungary
Stefan Csaky
Transylvania
Italy
Ciano
Benito Mussolini
Balkans
Romania
Il Duce
Moscow
China
Wang Ching-wei
Japan
Neville Chamberlain
Oliver Stanley
Board of Trade
Seventeenth Earl of Derby
London Star
Hore- Belisha
Hore-Belisha
House of Commons
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
Stanley
Western Front
Albert
Luxembourg
Suomussalmi
Finland
Karelian
Leningrad-Murmansk
Northland
Labor turmoil spans NLRB and A F of L era.
A fusion of labor politics unfolds as NLRB figures face mounting scrutiny and calls for firing, while a Supreme Court ruling shifts blame to Congress. New testimony alleges regional bias and delays in proceedings, with a noted dig at the A F of L as “the damned A F of L.” Parallel events recount naval and diplomatic moves, trade talks, and notable deaths in 1940s contexts.
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NLRB
William ‘Leiserson
Factory Management
Leiserson
Warren Madden
Edwin S. Smith
Supreme Court
Congress
House Committee
Robert Cowdrill
Indianapolis
A. F. of L
A. F. of
Elinore M. Herrick
New York
Spotlight on football pay for players raises questions
Grantland Rice surveys coaches and athletic directors across the nation about whether football has moved into a danger zone of pay for players and proselyting. He notes some schools offer scholarships and jobs, estimates up to about 1 million dollars spent on recruiting and support, and stresses the sport’s billion-dollar industry impact and the need for admissions rules to curb distant recruiting.
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Ivy League
Big Ten
Notre Dame
Big Six
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Cornell
Pennsylvania
Dartmouth
Columbia
Brown
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Navy
Syracuse
Colgate
O. K
Southwest
Pve
Moscow Finns and Casey at Bat in World News
In Moscow the magazine Communist Internationale says Russia aims to free Finland from oppressors and safeguard democracy. Simultaneous announcements in Washington and Canberra establish full diplomatic ties for the first time. Gloria Vanderbilt spent only 100 of 25750 on books in 1939. Flora Finch dies in Hollywood at about 80, with her age and MGM pension noted.
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Moscow
Communist Internationale
Russia
Finland
Casey
Washington
Canberra
U. S
Australia
Britain
Richard G. Casey
Gloria Vanderbilt
Andrew Jackson
Indianapolis
Abe Lincoln
Hollywood
Flora Finch
John Bunny
MGM
Navy budget to make U S the world’s top sea power
The Roosevelts budget request of 1 224 521 833 for naval ap propriation could elevate the United States to the leading sea power, surpassing Britain and Japan. Rail line head Daniel Willard urged fares down to two cents per mile to meet bus competition. The tariff commission heard cheap Canadian wheat undercuts domestic prices risking farm aid. The U S warned Britain it would hold it accountable for injuries to American vessels or crews in belligerent ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NAVY
Roosevelt
Congress
U.S
Britain
Jéipan
Daniel Willard
Tariff Commission
U. S
Seven Years of Nazi Tactics Cement Hitler's Grip on Reich
A retrospective notes Hitler’s rise from 1933 to 1939, detailing the Reichstag fire, suspension of freedoms, mass arrests, and rapid expansion. It traces the 1935 Saar plebiscite, the 1939 invasion of Poland, and the shift from domestic consolidation to foreign conquest, ending with questions about future outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reich
Adolf Hitler
Ehievellor
Germany
Esate
Third Reich
von’ Hindenburg
Hitler
Ernest Boehm
League of Pringee
Saar
Household Tips and Cooking Tweaks from Old Column
Practical household hints cover chocolate melting over hot water plant feeding with bone meal for potted pots cactus light in winter cool dry storage methods a cornstarch tweak for fudge velvet on coat hangers grape juice with grapefruit for color and flavor tips for canned asparagus duck feather removal with boiled cloth and cheesecloth strain tips for pulp separation There is a diverse set of simple at home techniques and serving ideas.
Metaphorical Flight in Vermont Travel Case
A Vermont lawyer wrapped up his travel case argument with a misfired metaphor declaring the defendant arrives with lying footsteps and a cloak of hypocrisy in his mouth. He claimed the defendant reached into the client’s pockets and took two oxen and a pig.
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Vermont
Boston Globe
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